Dmitri’s jaw clenched. “I’ll wait here.”
She inclined her head and gestured for Sergei to lead the way. He grinned and headed out of the ruined building.
Valentina followed Sergei through a maze of abandoned buildings. They were trying to stay on the outskirts of camp, but what they were attempting was still risky. Not only was it difficult to navigate in the darkness, but they wouldn’t have a good explanation for why they were skulking around in the middle of the night.
Sergei slowed his steps and said quietly, “I need to meet up with Yuri to get Caz’s credentials to set up the relay. I could override the system, but it may alert security there’s a problem. We need to buy Nikolai as much time as possible to run the search.”
She carefully climbed over some fallen masonry. “You didn’t r
